tevkil

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توكیل, from Arabic تَوْكِيل (tawkīl), verbal noun of وَكَّلَ (wakkala, “to authorize, empower”).

Noun

tevkil (definite accusative tevkili, plural tevkiller) (archaic)

1. appointing as an agent or attorney

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tevkîl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1326
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevkil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN